The Tuesday Morning Post: Varian Wrynn for President

Good Tuesday Morning, everyone, and welcome to patch day 3.0.3. The nice thing about this extended downtime is that it gives you an excuse to go out and vote if you're an American Citizen and you haven't done that early.

But hey, if you're like me and you've already voted, you have time to look over some of the WoW news from the past week. First of all, you'll want to check out the patch notes if you haven't already, and keep checking the site throughout the day for analysis of the patch changes. Beyond that, here's some of the highlights of the last week on the site:

Hot News and Features

• Here's some news hot off the presses: The WoTLK Beta is now over. You don't have to go to the live servers, but you can't stay here.
• As usual, the WoW-themed costumes were out in force for Halloween this year. Check out what some of our readers wore.
• Everyone seems to have their own opinions on the zombie invasion, from our own Mike Schramm to Fox News to The Times Online.
• If you're looking to jump into the storyline of WoTLK, check out this quick guide to the lore that you'll want to know before you dive in.
• Official Midnight WotLK launches have been announced. See if one's coming to a city near you.

Class News

• If discussing your class just isn't cutting it for you, Blizzard has implemented new role forums that break down discussion by tanks, healers, and DPS.
• Read about some of the common bugs and annoyances with Hunter Pets since the new pet revamp, and how to avoid them.
• Totem Talk discusses the Elemental tree.
• You know those shiny new knockback toys you got with 3.0.2, DPSers? The tanks have something to say to you.
• Yes, Retribution Paladins continue to see nerfs. To the Ground, Baby, Indeed.
• Ghostcrawler answered some Feral Druid concerns recently. Unfortunately, the answers weren't completely what said Feral Druids might have liked.
• In the world of Priesting, we get down and dirty with Dispersion.

Professions

• Sharpening Stones, Weightstones, and Mana Oils will now be gone in Wrath. The old recipes will not work on post-70 items.
• Looking to start Inscription? This week, Insider Trader helps you start out with those first 100 points.

Odds and Ends

• World of Warcraft continues to break records, this time clearing the 11 million subscriber mark.
• So the Zombie apocalypse is over. Now what?
• If you're looking for an out-of-game place to track and show off your achievements, WoW-achievements.com is already aiming to let you.
• So the Necropoli are still around. Necropoles? Necropolises? How do you pluralize that word anyway?
• Trying to explain to your significant other what WoW means to you? Don't use this guy's words.
• Need a few quick badges? Got Sunwell gear? How about doing a quick 3-man Kara?
• It's true. I was expecting more movie news at BlizzCon, but we didn't get much at all. If it wasn't for a few comments in the Q&A sessions, we would have thought we dreamed it all. In fact, some people now argue that it will never – or should never – get made.